Part III

Terrorist Property

Offences

Cooperation with police
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1
A person does not commit an offence under any of sections 15 to 18 if he is acting with the express consent of a constable.
2
Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a person does not commit an offence under any of sections 15 to 18 by involvement in a transaction or arrangement relating to money or other property if he discloses to a constable—
a
his suspicion or belief that the money or other property is terrorist property, and
b
the information on which his suspicion or belief is based.
3
Subsection (2) applies only where a person makes a disclosure—
a
after he becomes concerned in the transaction concerned,
b
on his own initiative, and
c
as soon as is reasonably practicable.
4
Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if—
a
a constable forbids him to continue his involvement in the transaction or arrangement to which the disclosure relates, and
b
he continues his involvement.
5
It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under any of sections 15(2) and (3) and 16 to 18 to prove that—
a
he intended to make a disclosure of the kind mentioned in subsections (2) and (3), and
b
there is reasonable excuse for his failure to do so.
6
Where—
a
a person is in employment, and
b
his employer has established a procedure for the making of disclosures of the same kind as may be made to a constable under subsection (2),
this section shall have effect in relation to that person as if any reference to disclosure to a constable included a reference to disclosure in accordance with the procedure.
7
A reference in this section to a transaction or arrangement relating to money or other property includes a reference to use or possession.